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I was a conservative Christian homeschool girl at that time. They were very pro purity, chastity, modesty, going from the "umbrella of protection" of your father to that of your husband, stay at home daughters, women as homemakers and not primarily as workers, etc. They were sentimental about couple who didn't get physical even when engaged, or had their first kiss at the alter. They were into "I Kissed Dating Goodby," and the idea of a courtship mediated by the woman's father. They talked like proper feminine women, so didn't say blunt things like "women are accountable to their fathers/husbands" most of the time, but did certainly teach it. Even in college, I went to a Christian Women's club hosted by the Baptist church about things like knitting something for your family while waiting for something to happen (and they taught us a bit of knitting), or making a nice healthy salad for your family, including soaking the lettuce in cold water, spinning it in a salad spinner, and serving it with avocados that don't turn brown while waiting for your future husband, because you've applied the proper amount of homemade citrus dressing to them.
It's interesting sociology, anyway. Lots of girls who never cut their hair and always wore denim skirts with button up blouses. I keep up on some of the grown women who emerged from that culture. My current favorite is Keturah Hickman, writing about such things as other Christian women judging her for her shaving habits, and her judging other Christian women for asking her to take her boots off in their home.
I had no idea she had a blog; I met her and her husband some months ago.
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